To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Principles Quotes

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...